Best in Class Strategy to Support K-12 and College-age Youth Educators of Personal Finance

1. Best in Class Strategy to Support K-12 and College-age Youth Educators of Personal Finance Greater Washington Jump$tart Coalition Meeting January 29, 2013

2. Marcelina Pascual • Business and Finance Teacher • Theodore Roosevelt High School • 2003 – 2012 • Roosevelt STAY High School • 2004 – Present • Jump$tart Conference – 2010 & 2012

3. Goals • Recognize the issues faced by DC K-12 business and finance teachers. • Identify the strategies and resources that worked in the classroom. • Share my conference experience.

4. Issues • Not all schools offer the personal finance course • Commitment • Schedule • Overwhelming resources

5. Strategies That Worked • Bringing speakers in the classroom • Bringing them to field trips • “Campfires”

6. Resources That Worked • Guest Speakers • InVest Program (Whole Term) • Federal Reserve Board (Spring) • Junior Achievement (7-8 meetings) • Other volunteers

7. Resources That Worked • Field Trips • InVest Program – site visits • Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond – Baltimore and Richmond • BBB - Baltimore • College Tours • Occasional trips provided by DCPS-CTE

8. Resources That Worked • Online Resources • NEFE – www.nefe.org • Knowledge@Wharton - http://kwhs.wharton.upenn.edu/ • InVest – http://invest.iiaba.net/default.aspx • MoneySkill – www.moneyskill.org • Gen I Revolution – www.genirevolution.org • Visa Football - http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/

9. Nothing beats good planning!

10. Jump$tart Conference